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This summer, Katra Film Series streams its largest virtual event to date, featuring 30 shorts and 7 features from around the world over 5 nights (August 24th-28th). The festival seeks to provide a platform for deserving filmmakers to share their work with new audiences and connect with future collaborators during this time of limited socialization. Every block will be followed by a Zoom filmmaker talkback open to all audiences, and all viewers are invited to vote for the festival’s Audience…

Come join us as we virtually celebrate talented indie filmmakers with fresh new works capturing the diverse highs and lows of modern life! $10 admission gets you an all access pass to 2 nights, 4 blocks, and 30 bold new original shorts, streaming with us July 28th & 29th on the Footprint Network! All passes include an invitation to our closing night award ceremony on July 30th at the HiO store in Tribeca from 7pm-9pm at 37 Lispenard St, New…

Katra Film Series is proud to welcome back our 1st Annual Grand Prize Winner Mr. Felix Thompson for our alumni spotlight event happening via Zoom/Facebook Live on Thursday, July 16th at 7pm EST. The event is free to attend online and open to the public. The interview will be hosted by NO REST FOR THE WEEKEND PODCAST host Jason Godbey RSVP HERE: FELIX THOMPSON is a French/Australian filmmaker who grew up in New York City. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch…

Katra Film Series Presents A FILM FESTIVAL SUMMIT – the state of independent filmmaking, film festivals and what to expect during Covid and Post-Covid – with some of the leading festival founders, programmers and executive directors providing their invaluable insight, knowledge and experience. Panelists: JUAN CACERES – HBO Urbanworld Film Festival – Head of Programming   CARLA BARRAEZ – Katra Film Series – Director of Shorts Programming and Former Tribeca Film Festival Senior Programming Operations Coordinator   KENNETH ANDERSON –…

World Webfest Mania returns for its summer edition in virtual form, using the Footprint Network as an online platform for web creators around the world to celebrate and socialize from the comfort and safety of their own home. The event takes place Wednesday, June 24th at 7pm EDT on the Footprint channel of parent festival Katra Film Series, for a suggested donation of $5 to cover festival expenses through quarantine. The two hour program will be followed by a direct…

Join us Monday, June 22nd at 7pm EST for the Katra Alumni Spotlight Event Featuring Multi-Festival Award-Winning Filmmaker and Katra Alumni JOHN CAMPBELL. The interview will be conducted by Behind the Rabbit Productions Jason Godbey. The event is free to attend via ZOOM. RSVP below.  RSVP HERE   Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77544654894?pwd=b2J4THhwaE5XRmtQUUZkYU1FdXRkUT09   Meeting ID: 775 4465 4894 Password: 4M77RL — John Campbell is writer and executive producer of the upcoming HBO Max and 5 time film festival award winning…

Enjoy some culture in the comfort of your own home as Katra proudly presents its first ever virtual event in partnership with Footprint.TV with 17 great new shorts by indie filmmakers!   Follow our channel where you’ll find links to all screening blocks this weekend. Admission for each night will be on a 100% pay-what-you-can donation basis via a button on the screening page.   Each night will wrap up with post-show discussion with the filmmakers via Zoom and an…

Due to the unprecedented and tumultuous upheaval with the Global COVID-19 Pandemic, all of our scheduled events for the 2020 Season have been postponed to a later date. Rest assured we will be back up and running in the coming weeks and months ahead, so bear with us as we work night and day to reschedule all of our events in a smart, timely and healthy fashion. While our team works tirelessly to provide all our filmmakers with a wonderful…

Now in its 3rd year, Katra’s Sidebar program is dedicated to highlighting outstanding short-form content by talented local filmmakers including works by underrepresented communities focusing on important issues, topics and stories. Each screening block is followed by Q&A and the audience will vote for the best work of the evening and the winner takes home prizes with total value of $2000 courtesy of the Bowery Film Festival, 3636 Studios and International Screenwriters’ Association. LINEUP (7PM-8PM): Deep Creek      …

JANUARY 21, 2020: The Katra Film Series is proud to return to the world famous Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Downtown Brooklyn next Tuesday, January 28th for its 8th Annual Grand Finale. The Finalists will compete for over $10,000 in prizes. In partnership with Everyone Matters and Rhino Films, the Grand Prize Winner will be awarded a one-on-one meeting with acclaimed Hollywood Producer Stephen Nemeth from the Academy-Award nominated The Sessions and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and a state-of-the-art…